Bob's Bytes - Even More Random Tech Topics

 And for today we had ...

• Computer Speed testing: how fast is your Internet, Storage devices, CPU, RAM and computer?
• What’s this? - an new con appeared in the system tray, "Meet Now"
• The SpaceX Starship - What is it, how is it different, and what happened yesterday, (Dec 9)
• VideoProc Review - A video handler that Bob actually spent money for!

Links for you so you don't have to dig for them:

A deal from Woot for Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $50.  If you throw in Adobe Premier Elements (also $50) the combo package is only $60!  https://computers.woot.com/offers/adobe-photoshop-elements-2020z-2

The old program I like to test storage devices with is HDTune:  https://www.hdtune.com/download.html No need for the paid version, the 2008 free version still works great.  For fun, you can compare your measurements with mine:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EMx8T3sWIEVGqaiWZqi-LF9_HDHWtppx/view?usp=sharing

Best place to look up CPU and GPU benchmarks is:  https://www.cpubenchmark.net/  Use this to compare different CPUs to find out which one is faster.

To test your own computer, use the free Novabench:  https://novabench.com/  For fun, you can compare your figures with mine:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FmKUpJTJv_A8X2xXpPn1_9wWXB1ocCHE/view?usp=sharing

The rotating circles optical illusion:  https://twistedsifter.com/2020/12/rotating-circles-optical-illusion-gif/

 Here's a link to all the free (with ads) James Bond Movies:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwwhtOnMyjuyEeWvv6UX11aw3jFLFAxU1

VideoProc is available here:  https://www.winxdvd.com  Watch for deals - I got it for $30.